Pfeiffer (surname)

Pfeiffer is a German-language occupational surname meaning "whistler" or "pipe-" or "fife-player" and etymologically akin to English Piper and Fifer; other spellings include Pfeifer.[1] Notable people with the name include:

Arts

Politics and government

  • Alois Pfeiffer (1924–1987), German trade unionist who served as a European Commissioner in the 1980s

Sciences

Sports

Fictional characters

See also

  • Pfeiffer (disambiguation)
  • Halley Feiffer, American actress and playwright
  • Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist
  • Yann Peifer, German trance musician better known as "Yanou"
  • Pfeifer, a surname
  • Pfeffer, a surname
  • Pfeiffer House (disambiguation)
  • William T. Pheiffer (1898–1986), American lawyer, Republican politician and diplomat
  • Willem Pijper, Dutch composer, music critic and music teacher

References

  1. Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.
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